ग्रस् [ gras ] [ gras ]1 Root cl. [1] P. Ā. [ grásati ] , [ °te ] (perf. Pot. Ā. [ jagrasīta ] Lit. RV. v , 41 , 17 ; p. Ā. and Pass. [ jagrasāná ] Lit. RV.) , to seize with the mouth , take into the mouth , swallow , devour , eat , consume Lit. RV. Lit. TS. ; to swallow up , cause to disappear Lit. MBh. iii , 1597 Lit. R. i , 56 , 13-17 ; to eclipse Lit. MBh. i , 1166 Lit. R. ; to swallow or slur over words , pronounce indistinctly Lit. PāṇŚ. ( Lit. RV.) 27 ; to suppress , stop or neglect (a lawsuit) Lit. Mn. viii , 43 : Caus. P. [ grāsayati ] , to cause to swallow or devour Lit. ŚBr. xii Lit. KātyŚr. ; to consume , swallow Lit. Dhātup. xxxiii , 76 ; ( ( cf. 1 ; Lat. (grā-men) ; Germ. (gras) ; Eng. (grass) . ) )